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The Whiz Kids applied statistical methods to management at ________.
 
  A) the Western Electric Company
  B) the Ford Motor Company
  C) IBM
  D) the Sony Corporation

Question 2

Many techniques in the quantitative approach to management were borrowed from ________.
 
  A) computer models
  B) the physical sciences
  C) the military
  D) biological science
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Reply #1 on: Jul 6, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B
Explanation: The Whiz Kids were computer whizzes who came out of the armed forces and began applying statistical methods that they had developed in the military to improve decision making at the Ford Motor Company, making the Ford Motor Company the correct response. The Hawthorne plant that was used in the Hawthorne studies was part of the Western Electric Company. Sony and IBM were not helped by the Whiz Kids.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C
Explanation: After World War II, many managers came out of the armed forces and applied statistical methods that they had employed to solve military problems to management situations, making the military the correct response. Similar methods have been applied extensively in both the physical and biological sciences, but they did not originate in those sciences. Wide use of computer models in management did not come until a few decades later.


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